A concubine enters the mansion? Reborn, three matchmakers and six engagements to marry the Prime Min

Several members of the Lin family stepped forward, knelt down, and saluted the adults.

Wang Jian did not make things difficult for him and just called the man up to answer the question.

Lin Wuchen stood up and looked at Qian Ming, and laughed angrily, "Detention? That has to be tried first. There is no reason to detain without guilt."

He cupped his hands towards the three adults in the hall and said, "My lords, what we took away from Su's house yesterday was my aunt's dowry."

"The "Dazhou Code" clearly states that the woman and her husband will take away the original amount of the dowry. If she dies of illness, the dowry will be left in her husband's family, and her natal family is not allowed to interfere with it."

"My aunt signed the letter of divorce yesterday. After signing, we took away the dowry. Is there any problem?"

Upon hearing this, Qian Ming immediately said loudly: "You said it was a dowry, do you have any evidence?"

Then he said to the audience: "Several adults, as far as the students know, Lin Wanyin has been married to the Marquis Mansion for twenty years. No one knows whether the dowry was spent by herself or secretly sent back to her parents' family."

"Now that we are divorced, she emptied the Su family's warehouse. It doesn't make sense to say that it was her dowry."

Qian Ming is in his thirties and has a goatee. The ends of the eyes are raised, the lips are thin, and the face is sunken. Lin Wuchen looked at his face and felt that this person must be extremely difficult and unreasonable.

"What Mr. Qian said, did you see my aunt spend money with your own eyes, or did you see her move money to her parents' house?"

"As a litigator, what kind of crime should I be guilty of if I just say such nonsense in front of the court?"

Lin Wuchen suddenly shouted at the last sentence, and Qian Ming's hand that was pulling the beard trembled suddenly. He pulled a strand of beard directly between two fingers.

Qian Ming bared his teeth in pain and forgot to say anything to refute.

The people watching all nodded, feeling that what Lin Wuchen said made sense.

Today, Lin Wuchen was wearing a moon-white brocade robe with dark patterns, and a narrow brocade belt tied around his waist. As soon as I stopped in the hall, I saw the noble son of Zhilan Yushu. On the other hand, this Qian Litigator has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and is mean and unfaithful. Who to believe depends on your appearance.

Seeing that Qian Ming hadn't spoken for a long time, Su Chengye coughed twice. Qian Ming came back to his senses and said, "Then I would like to ask Master Lin, how did you determine that the items in the Su family's warehouse are Lin Wanyin's dowry?"

Lin Wuchen shook his head and said, "One thing I want to explain is that not all the things we took away are my aunt's dowry."

Wang Jian frowned and looked at Lin Wuchen, "Isn't it all a dowry?"

Lin Wuchen nodded and said: "It is indeed not all dowry, because my aunt's dowry has long been filled by the Su family. The Su family has relied on my aunt's dowry for the past twenty years."

"Part of the things we took away were used to pay for the dowry, and part of them were bought with the money my aunt earned from her dowry shop."

"So according to what is written in the "Dazhou Law", we can take these away."

Qian Ming immediately retorted, "You said that there was a dowry shop there to make money. Is there any evidence? And you said that Lin Wanyin's dowry was spent on the Su family. Is there any proof?"

Wang Jian also lowered his head to discuss with Wen Shaoqing and Liu Yushi. Several people agreed that where Lin Wanyin's dowry money was spent, and whether these properties were earned from the dowry shop, are the key to determining the verdict of this case.

After the discussion, Wang Jian said in a deep voice.

"Can the Lin family provide evidence? First, it must prove whether Lin Wanyin's money was spent on the Su family in these years. Second, it must prove that the property you took away was bought with the money earned from the dowry shop."

"If you cannot prove this, then all the property you took away will be returned to the Su family, and I will also sentence you to the crime of robbing property."

Su Chengye and Su Chengyan looked at each other, both of them smiling slightly. Facts and whether they can be proven are two different things. The Ministry of Criminal Justice does not look at the facts when judging a case, only the evidence.

Even if everyone in the world knew this, it would be in vain without evidence.

Lin Wuchen said to Wang Jian: "Sir, can you allow my boy to bring up the evidence?"

Wang Jian nodded in agreement.

Lin Wuchen shouted outside: "Bring the things up."

Then, a servant came in carrying four camphorwood boxes, put the boxes down and left.

Lin Wuchen raised his voice and said, "Sir, these two boxes are the details of my aunt's expenses since she married into the Lin family."

"Every amount of money spent from the dowry is recorded in detail."

"These two boxes contain the Su family's accounts over the years, including the money paid by Marquis Pingning to the mansion to buy these things, as well as the mansion's income."

"Several adults should be able to read the account books. If you look at it, you will find that the Su family's own industry income is very small. There are only a few farms and two silk and satin shops."

"Let me put it bluntly, if it was just the Su family's income, Marquis Pingning would not be so rosy. I'm afraid he would have been hungry for a long time and become as skinny as a stick, with a sallow complexion and thin skin."

After what was said, the people watching burst into laughter, and many people looked at Pingning Marquis Su Chengye unscrupulously.

Su Chengye's face turned red and he scolded: "You are so clever, do you think the adults will believe you if you say this?"

Lin Wuchen smiled and said: "Of course the adults will not be so confused. Our Lin family's accounts are not afraid of checking. We can ask officials from the Ministry of Accounts to check, or we can check on the spot."

Qian Ming rolled his eyes, walked around several camphor wood boxes twice, and opened one of the boxes.

"Sir, since Young Master Lin said that you can check it on the spot, why don't you just turn over a few pages and ask."

Wang Jian hesitated, "These are twenty years of account books. What can I find out if I ask them on the spot?"

Let alone twenty years, I can't even remember many of the accounts of his house last year.

Lin Wanyin stepped forward and said, "Since Attorney Qian said so, let's ask him on the spot."

"I personally handled these accounts. Every account made by my Lin family is clear."

Wang Jian found that the first wife of Marquis Pingning had extreme confidence in her eyes when she mentioned the accounts.

He unconsciously looked at Su Chengye, always feeling that he would be here today.

Seeing that Lin Wanyin agreed to the on-the-spot interrogation, Attorney Qian took out an account book and flipped through a page at random.

He spoke.

"This is the account on the third day of May in the twelfth year of Xuande. Three thousand taels of silver were spent, and only the word Cuihe was written after it."

"Can you please explain where this money was spent?"

Su Chengye and Su Chengyan also looked at each other. They had no impression at all. Who is Cuihe? What happened to the three thousand taels of silver?

It happened five or six years ago and my memory is already fuzzy.

Lin Wanyin thought for a moment and then spoke.

"I remember this. That year, Su Chengyan, the second master of the Su family, hooked up with the concubine of Zhang Yu, a doctor in the Ministry of War, and Zhang Yu caught him on the spot."

"The Zhang family quits and wants to break Su Chengyan's legs."

"Later, the old lady cried and begged me, so I gave the three thousand taels of silver to the Zhang family as compensation."

Zhang Yu had been beheaded three years ago for delaying military intelligence, so Lin Wanyin spoke without hesitation.

Su Chengyan slapped his forehead suddenly, and he remembered that Zhang Yu's concubine was called Cuihe.

At this time, Su Qingyu was standing in the crowd. She found that after her mother said these words, the people around her suddenly felt as if they were cheating, and they were particularly excited.

I also heard someone mutter, "None of the storytelling in Dongshi Tea House is that exciting."

Qian Ming saw that this matter was related to the scandal of the Su family, so he quickly opened another page.

He thought that Lin Wanyin remembered it so clearly, maybe it was because there was too much money in the account just now. This time I specially picked someone with less money. He didn't believe Lin Wanyin still remembered it.

"This is the account from October of the 13th year of Xuande's reign. It contains five hundred taels of silver. It says "Xue Yan" on it.